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Reading Recovery has a strong tradition of success with the lowest-achieving children. Developed in New Zealand 30 years ago, Reading Recovery now ... operates in most states in the United States, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (domestic and foreign), Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools, as well as Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
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Hosted by Henry Winkler, who has had his own struggles with reading, Reading and the Brain explores how brain scientists are working to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and others don't. Startling new research shows the answer may lie in how a child's brain is wired from birth.
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Reading with children and helping them practice specific reading components can dramatically improve their ability to read. Scientific research shows that there are five essential components of reading that children must be taught in order to learn to read. Adults can help children learn to be good readers by systematically practicing these five components:
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To participate in the program, troops can visit participating USO centers to be taped reading a children's book. A copy of the book, DVD and instructions, as well as information on United Through Reading, are mailed to the child and family back home. The USO supplies recording equipment, books and packaging materials. The parent or caregiver at home is encouraged to share the child's excitement by photographing or videotaping the child as the child is watching the DVD and following along with the book. The photograph or DVD can then be sent to the deployed family member, boosting the morale of the entire family and enhancing the feeling of connectedness.
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Reading loves reading kicks off three weeks of activities as local children gather in Broad Street with their favourite books to create a Mexican Wave. Adults and children (from 0-8 years) are being encouraged to take time to read together every day across the three weeks.
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When researchers studied language and reading development for a group of children who started in 2002-2003, this group improved their reading skills considerably, moving up an average of 15 percentiles by the end of the year. The problem is that as these children proceed through the elementary grades their reading scores decline steadily. By third grade almost all the initial benefits of FDK disappear. Read more and find a link to the University of New Mexico study at The Mountain View Telegraph website.
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